Above is a picture from the April 28, 1962 issue of the The Woodberry Oracle showing Woodberry's season opening contest versus Augusta Military Academy, which the Tigers lost 9-4 the week prior. The caption underneath read "Organized Confusion". Barclay R. "Peter" Stanton - a young math teacher who played lacrosse at Williams College - founded our program in 1961 as a spring intramural and spent three seasons teaching the boys basic fundamentals. Lacrosse wasn't technically considered a varsity sport until 1963, the year after the above picture was snapped. I've copied the text of the article below:
Lacrosse Team Bows in First Game; Loses To More Experienced Augusta
On Friday, April 20, Woodberry's newest and fastest-growing sport, Lacrosse, opened its season by playing Augusta Military Academy's veteran varsity squad. Mr. Stanton's stickmen lost to the Cadets 9 to 4, but the game was closer than the score indicated. Lack of experience and the loss of Kent Neal and Redge Hanes, two top-flight players, tipped the scaled to A.M.A.
Tom Cushman and Leeds Davis, Woodberry's starting attackmen, posed a constant threat to A.M.A's defense and tallied three points between them, while our opponents aided the Tigers with the final point. Cushman's cradling ability paid off as he scored in the first quarter and again in the third to keep Woodberry well in the game.
El Davis, the Tiger goalie, deflected the majority of A.M.A's attempts at scoring. David Toal also saw some action in the crease. Backing Davis on the defensive were Thorne Auchter and Keith Leachman, assisted by acting captain, Johnny Ward. Ward, Auchter, and Leachman checked the cadets, until experience overweighted Woodberry's desire.
Peter Lyon, Jim Elliot, and Bond Owen kept the mid-fields hot, as they continuously fed the attackmen and assisted the defensive players.
Charlie Small aided the mid-fielders, while Tog George, Steve Howard, and Jeff Leath backed up the defenders.
The 1962 squad squared off against the Washington & Lee University Freshman team, the University of Virginia Freshman team, Severn, A.M.A for a second time, and Fort Belvoir. The Tigers failed to secure a win that year, but according to the year-end Sports Review in the May 26, 1962 edition of the Oracle, "Great improvement developed from the bitter experience of defeat...Woodberry expects an improved season next year with the possibility of games with Episcopal and other surrounding schools." The 1963 squad went 5-4. Great improvement indeed. Below is the 1962 team picture:
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